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Scientists Developed a Weight-Control Powder You Can Sprinkle Into Dinner

The fiber-based ingredient is designed to increase fullness and may eventually be added to everyday foods.

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What if you didn’t have to take a shot to lose weight? What if all you had to do was sprinkle a special powder into your dinner, blend it into a smoothie, or bake it into a loaf of bread? According to researchers at Imperial College London and the University of Glasgow, that idea is just around the corner, as the EU recently approved it.

After 15 years of research, the European Union has approved a dietary fiber called inulin propionate ester, or IPE, for use as a novel food ingredient. Instead........

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